Hi Joost,
thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.
I myself use Yoast SEO in a couple of projects and I’m really pleased with the tools it provides for in-depth optimisation and analytics. At the same time I’m often overwhelmed by the amount of options and visual clutter I’m presented with.

I’m envisioning a easy to use plugin for inexperienced users with add ons and/or full data-portability to another, more complex plugin like Yoast SEO, if they feel the need to do so.

Also I have to admit, I had no idea you could disable features in Yoast, I’ll give it a try.